Why did Harbaugh take the 3 points instead of taking a 15 yard penalty?

Originally posted by Leathaface:
It doesn't matter why because there's no way to justify it. It's like kicking a FG on 1st down.

no way to justify it? what game were you watching? because the game i was watching look like our o line is the worst in football & our qb cant be counted on to make things happen. this offense is not good enough to take point off the board for 15 yards, chances are alex probably throws an interception or our o line does something stupid.....

There where a million little things that led to this loss. Nothing wrong with taking a 10 point 2 score lead with 6 and change less. It's a little of both but I think he was worried if the offense turned it over we would have had a 1 score 7 point lead instead of 2 scores. Very unlikely we get a TD anyways but it would have been 1st and 10 from like the 25.

Edit: It was 11 minutes left. Dumb mistake but letting there only two receivers Witten and Austin beat us (both should be doubled or help)... let Felix run on us. Brooks inch over off sides cost us 7, Alex's int at our 30 or whatever, Brock standing over a loose ball that would have won us the game, Rogers letting his man go and Whitner biting despite the run game doing nothing all game where just as bad if not worse.

It doesn't matter why because there's no way to justify it. It's like kicking a FG on 1st down.

no way to justify it? what game were you watching? because the game i was watching look like our o line is the worst in football & our qb cant be counted on to make things happen. this offense is not good enough to take point off the board for 15 yards, chances are alex probably throws an interception or our o line does something stupid.....

If he actually thought it through and was worried about a pick or sack, run it three times. Could have taken a knee and it would have been better

Originally posted by Leathaface:
It doesn't matter why because there's no way to justify it. It's like kicking a FG on 1st down.

no way to justify it? what game were you watching? because the game i was watching look like our o line is the worst in football & our qb cant be counted on to make things happen. this offense is not good enough to take point off the board for 15 yards, chances are alex probably throws an interception or our o line does something stupid.....

Then we should just forfeit the game before it even starts if we are afraid to let our players play.

Originally posted by Legbreaker:
The first rule of football: NEVER take points off the board.

It was the right call.

I had no problem with taking the points and like Jim thought we could hold that lead. But if you are gonna play that way, you must call a defensive game to fit that strategy. Had to put some pressure on Romo and their O to make a mistake or get a negative play or two. Instead, we played the prevent, death by a thousand cuts, strategy. Having seeing the result (D can't make the crucial stop) Jim going forward must take a much more aggressive approach. Tough way to lose a game!

Originally posted by Legbreaker:
At the 1? What f*cking game were you watching? They would have been at the 25.

Plus...you NEVER take points off the board. That's conventional football wisdom that has been around since there has been football, nino.

dude what are you talking about, sometimes you DO take points of the board, such as in this case. That was honestly the worst coaching decision I can ever recall, it's so nonsensical I wanna punch something I'm so frustrated. Who passes up on a 1st down in the redzone. Even if we didnt score, we would have had a closer field goal and would have also killed more clock. Akers is a good kicker he easily would have scored again, barring an anomalous occurrence. The penalty was a win-win situation and we lost. I still like Harbaugh but this conservatism which almost made us lose to SEATTLE came back and f**ked us up the ass. s**tty loss , better coaching we would have won I have no doubt

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